The successful launch of Blue Origin’s massive new rocket is a key step that may allow the company to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth.

Gregg Newton/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images On Thursday morning, at a time when most people in the United States were sleeping, Jeff Bezos’ space company sent its first rocket into orbit.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin on Monday called off its inaugural launch of its New Glenn rocket after a number of last-minute issues – hurting the space firm in its race to compete with Elon Musk ...

Blue Origin's successful maiden launch of New Glenn rocket made billionaire Jeff Bezos hungry. He ate breakfast at a Florida ...

Jeff Bezos has posted footage of New Glenn's launch online. He shared a montage of moments from the launch, complete with motivational music and shots of crowds cheering. The Blue Origin rocket ...

Years in the making with heavy funding by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the 320-foot (98-meter) rocket carried an an experimental platform designed to host satellites or release them into their ...

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket has launched from Florida and entered orbit for the first time However the rocket booster - designed to land on a platform in the Atlantic so it can be used again ...